David Tennant wears an unidentified watch

Doug McLeod arrives at his father's Scottish Highlands birthday party with instructions for his three children and a secret he cannot keep. He and Abi (Rosamund Pike) are splitting up, and nobody in the family is supposed to know yet. Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin's 2014 comedy turns on the gap between what adults say and what children repeat. Tennant plays Doug as a man who has practiced his everything-is-fine face in the mirror and is now watching it crack in real time while his father Gordie (Billy Connolly) sees straight through all of it.

Skagen is a Danish brand, founded in 1989 by Henrik and Charlotte Jorst and named after the northernmost town in Denmark. They make ultra-thin minimalist watches with clean dials and mesh bracelets. Fossil Group bought them in 2012. The 958XLBLN has a blue dial and a slim steel case that sits almost flat on the wrist. It is a professional-looking watch for about a hundred and fifty dollars, the kind of thing a man buys when he wants to appear put together without spending serious money. Doug McLeod is exactly that man.

Skagen's whole design philosophy is Scandinavian restraint, and Doug is all restraint. He does not explode. He does not make a scene. He holds it together with polite smiles and deflections while his daughter tells the whole table about the divorce. The 958XLBLN matches that: controlled, presentable, thin enough to disappear under a shirtsleeve when he needs to pretend he is not checking the time.